What is up with AT&T and its intentions to offer iPhone users free WiFi access at its 17,000 hotspots? The operator keeps dangling the carrot in front of iPhone users only to yank it back again. Last week, the company posted a web page promoting free WiFi access for iPhone users at its hotspots only to have AT&T media relations folks to say it was a false alarm.
Back in May, just hours after posting information that told iPhone users they would receive free access to AT&T's public WiFi hotspots, the company pulled all references to the service from its Web site. The AT&T site previously noted "access to AT&T WiFi hot spots" was included in all iPhone subscriber plans. Why are plans continually released only to be pulled back again?
For more:
- check out Wi-Fi Net News [1]
Related stories:
AT&T grants iPhone users free hotspot use ... finally [2]
AT&T gives all DSL subs free WiFi access [3]
AT&T gives free WiFi to DSL subs, but not to iPhone users [4]
Links:
[1] http://www.wifinetnews.com/
[2] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/att-grants-iphone-users-free-hotspot-use-...-finally/2008-05-05
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/t-gives-all-dsl-subs-free-wifi-access/2008-01-23
[4] http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/t-gives-free-wifi-dsl-subs-not-iphone-users/2007-07-05